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Pier Place, Lower Upnor, Rochester, Kent ME2 4UY
Environment
River
Clean Up - 8th and 9th September 2007
Once
again the Medway Swale Estuary Partnership will hold a
river clean up event.
Upnor's
clean up will be on Saturday 8th September from 1pm until
5pm.
Medway
& Swale Estuary Partnership
On
the weekend 22-23rd April for three hours at low tide,
the Medway and Swale Estuary Partnership are working with
Medway Ports, local authorities and users of the river,
to help clean up areas of the river.
The
Ports are supplying an inland dredger at the end of March to
remove the larger items of rubbish which have collected along
its banks. Six accessible sites have also been planned for hands-on
help with the clean; equipment will be supplied by Medway
Council and Swale Borough Council.
The
six sites located for the hands-on clean include: Grain foreshore,
Halling riverside, Lower Upnor beach, Queenborough and Rushenden
beach, Rochester Esplanade and Riverside Country Park.
Volunteer
support is key for this clean up to go ahead to improve our environment.
As a token of thanks, all volunteers from the whole weekend will
be invited to a BBQ at the end of Sunday's cleanup, to celebrate
the efforts made by everyone.
If
you are interested in joining in with our event, at any of the
locations listed then please contact Jodie McGregor, Estuary
officer on 01795 590112 or email: medway-swale@btconnect.com
for more information.
Medway
& Swale Estuary Partnership
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Cliffe
Creek,
is an inlet on the River Thames, adjacent to Cliffe Pools RSPB
reserve on the Hoo peninsula, but the creek has become blighted
by litter, washed down river from London's suburbs. Now Cliffe
Community and Conservation Partnership Officer, Carol Donaldson
is hoping to attract a team of people to help her clear up the
creek.
Carol
has teamed up with Thames 21, a London based organization
dedicated to working with communities to create clean, safe waterside
environments. Helpers are asked to report to St Helen's Church,
Cliffe at 2.00pm on Saturday 8th April. Transport
to the bay and all litter picking equipment will be provided,
help will be required until around 5.00pm, for further details
contact Carol on 01634 222480.
Carol
said, "The creek was once a major route for merchants whose
trade brought prosperity to the area, smugglers too would have
used the creek under the cover of darkness. In recent years,
rubbish has accumulated here and we need as many volunteers as
we can to return the area to how nature intended."
Thames
21
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